Holdback attachment for vehicles



Patented Mar. 28, I899.

F. J. HESS.

HOLDBACK ATTACHMENT FOR VEHICLES.

(Application filed. Mar. 28, 1898.) (No Model.)

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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

FREDERICK J. I IESS, OF CHICAGO, ILLINOIS.

HOLDBACK ATTACHMENT FOR VEHICLES.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 622,145, dated March28, 1899.

Application filed March 26, 1 8 9 8.

To all whom, it may concern:

Be it known that I, FREDERICK J. HESS, residing at Chicago, in thecounty of Cook and State of Illinois, have invented certain new anduseful Improvements in Holdback Attachments, of which the following is aspecification.

My invention relates to an improved holdback attachment for useprincipally in connection with single rigs, where a pair of shafts orthills are employed; and it consists of a simple and easily-adjustedconnection between the holdback-straps and the thills, and it isdesigned to furnish such a connection that while it is extremely simple,and capable of easy adjustment, it shall be practically incapable ofaccidental displacement.

Referring to the annexed sheet of drawings, in which the same letters ofreference are used to designate identical parts in all the views, Figure1 is a side elevation of the attachment mounted in place upon a thill.Fig. 2 is a plan view of the same in section on the line 2 2 of Fig. 1,and Fig. 3 is a perspective view showing the relative position of theparts just prior to connection or subsequent to disconnection.

A is the thill, and mounted thereon is the thill-connecting member B,the essential part of which is the loop portion B, which may beconnected to the thill by means of the screws B in the ends of the plate13 which I employ as a basis for this connecting member, although itwill be understood that the portion of the base B between the ends ofthe loop portion Bis not essential and may be entirely omitted.

The holdback-strap member 0 is composed of the portion 0, which isconveniently of atriangular shape and has therein the slot 0 throughwhich the holdback-strap D passes. The loop-engaging portion C of themember 0 may also be of a substantially triangular shape and is providedwith the aperture C therein, which is of sufficient size to readilyaccommodate the thickened end portion B Serial No. 675,234. (No model.)

in some other direction than the one shown, which is in line with the.longest axis of the holdback-strap member 0.

The operation of the device will be readily apparent. In hitching up thehorse after the tugs are fastened the parts are brought into theposition of Fig. 3, when the member 0 can be readily engaged with themember B by passing the slot 0 over the thin portion B of the loop, andthe parts then swing back to their normal position, as shown in Fig. 1.When the parts are connected, as shown in Fig. 1, it is practicallyimpossible to disen-- gage them accidentally, as has been possible withall previous holdback attachments with which I am familiar.

What I claim, and desire to secure by Letters Patent of the UnitedStates, is

1. A holdback attachment for harness comprising the contin uous loopmember B adapted to be fastened to the thill and having the reducedportion substantially oblong in crosssection, with the strap D, and thestrap member G movably attached to the strap D and having an aperturetherein corresponding in size to the cross-section of the largestportion of the cooperatingloop and aslotleadin g thereto correspondingin width to the lesser diameter of the reduced port-ion and in thenormal position of the parts arranged at right angles to the axis of thegreater diameter of the reduced portion, substantially as described.

2. A holdback attachment for harness comprising the continuous loopmember B adapted to be fastened to the thill and having a reducedportion at its forward end substantially oblong in cross-section withits lesser diameter parallel to the line of the loop; with the strap D;and the strap member 0 movably attached to the strap D consisting of arigid attachment having an aperture therein correspond,

